[Spring 2025] Education - Teaching Strategies Internship
New York, NY
Internship
Student (College)
The Whitney’s Academic Year Internship program offers a semester-long paid internship for undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited academic program. The internship is hybrid, with some onsite work. For Spring 2025, interns commit between 16–21 hours per week over 10–12 weeks for a total of 200 hours, depending on availability. The official program dates will span from February 3, 2025 through April 18, 2025. Interns are assigned to a specific department at the Museum for the duration of the internship.
The Whitney seeks an Education: Teaching Strategies Intern for the Spring 2025 semester. To view all Internship opportunities and to learn more about The Whitney's offerings, please refer to our Internships Page.
Projects/work assignmentsThe Interpretation and Research department is responsible for helping audiences understand the
work on view through a variety of interpretive materials and visitor engagement. The Teaching
Strategies intern will:
- Assist with research for upcoming special exhibitions and collection rotations, and visitor engagement strategy initiatives
- Help maintain and update the educator website and perform other ongoing communications with affiliate staff
- Help coordinate quality assurance for the schedule of tours and other in-gallery visitor engagement programs across multiple platforms
- Attend and support in-person and virtual enrichment programs and special events for educators, including field trips, book clubs, meetings, luncheons, events, and workshops
- Assist with production, recording, transcription, and archiving of exhibition walkthroughs, prep workshops, training programs, and other materials
- Observe tours and programs and contribute feedback and evaluation to docents, educators and teaching fellows
- Gather and record attendance statistics for tours and education programs
- Assist with production of updated Docent Program Handbook
Skills and qualifications looked for
- Background in art history and contemporary art
- Attention to detail
- Strong interest in research and learning
- Interest in museum education and educational pedagogy
- Ideally has familiarity with WordPress or similar, Excel, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite
Outcomes
- Gain deeper insight into museum education and educational pedagogy
- Learn approaches to training and evaluation,
- Develop skills for observing and giving feedback
- Build experience in research and archiving strategies and skills
Compensation
Interns will be paid a stipend of $3000.
Generous support for Ostrover Family Academic Year Interns is provided by Julie and Doug Ostrover.
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? Research shows that men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Yet, women and other people who are systematically marginalized tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply. We are dedicated to considering a broad array of candidates, including those with diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds. Whether you’re new to arts and culture administration, returning to work after a gap in employment, simply looking to transition, or take the next step in your career path, we will be glad to have you on our radar. Please use your cover letter to tell us about your interest in the arts and culture space and what you hope to bring to this role.
About the Whitney:
The Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1930 by the artist and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, houses the foremost collection of American art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. From her vision arose the Whitney Museum of American Art, which has been championing the most innovative art of the United States for 86 years. The core of the Whitney’s mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit American art of our time and serve a wide variety of audiences in celebration of the complexity and diversity of art and culture in the United States. Through this mission and a steadfast commitment to artists themselves, the Whitney has long been a powerful force in support of modern and contemporary art and continues to help define what is innovative and influential in American art today.
EEO Statement:
The Whitney Museum of American Art is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Museum does not discriminate because of age, sex, religion, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, gender (including gender identity), sexual orientation, or any other factor prohibited by law. The Museum hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. The Museum encourages all qualified candidates to apply for vacant positions at all levels. This description shall not be construed as a contract of any sort for a specific period of employment
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